Question PC Freezes and BSoDs Only When OBS is Open

May 6, 2024
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I have tried so many different things to fix this issue. Reinstalling Windows (fixed it for just a few months), not having any components overclocked (that's how my system was when this started happening), using OBS safe mode, using the latest version, taking 2 sticks of RAM out, enabling XMP, and clearing some storage space from the drive that OBS records to. Sometimes the PC freezes, and sometimes it BSoDs. It freezes probably 60% of the time and BSoDs 40%. The error I always get is clock watchdog timeout. Windows can never finish the error report, as the system freezes before it can, and I have to hold the restart button on my case to restart the system and get back to what I was doing. My PC never freezes or BSoDs in any other case, for example I can play resource intensive games just fine, so it's a bit odd that something so light in comparison would cause this. Any suggestions on what to try next?


Specs

CPU: i9-12900k 3.2GHz 16 core
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A ATX LGA 1700 (BIOS is MSI Click BIOS 5 version E7D25IMS.AG0)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance DDR5 5600Mhz - 64GB (4 x 16GB) and 32GB (2 x 16GB) - have tried both; still get issues
PSU: Corsair RM850 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2x 12G

OS: Windows 10 Pro
 
update the BIOS directly within BIOS using m-flash
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRyFMf0D9Lc

update Intel ME

Might be a degenerating CPU, try RMA it directly @intel
Okay, I have updated my BIOS. Now, for updating Intel ME, I haven't done this before so this is the way I'm about to do it, and correct me if I'm wrong. In the same place I got my BIOS version off the MSI site, there are 2 options. I'm assuming I'd download the top option and run the updater, then restart my PC. Or would I need to do anything with the bottom option?
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